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Death

Mary Louise Wilson, 79, of Bill Lohr Road, died Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007, at her home after 10 years of declining health and a serious illness of two months. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel by the Revs. Myra Ward and Wayne Sechrest. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mrs. Wilson was born Jan. 5, 1928, in Davidson County to Ernest Hardister and Effie May Yarborough Hardister. She had retired from Stanley Furniture after 36 years of service. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. Mrs. Wilson was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Stanford Maurice Hardister; and her first husband, Theadore "Ted" Furr. Surviving are her husband of 33 years, Edwin "Bud" Wilson; a son, Andy Furr of Lexington; three daughters, Teddy Jones and Tracy Wilson, both of Lexington, and Robin Floyd of Charlotte; six grandchildren, Kristie Milan, Skylar Jones, Lee Tussey, Jeff Tussey, Nikki Houchins and Madison Floyd, all of Lexington; three great-grandchildren, Toshja Tussey, Cali Milan and Carter Milan; a brother, Henry Lane "Chick" Hardister of Virginia; a sister, Ella Rae Jones and her husband, Lloyd, of Sumter, S.C.; and numerous nieces and nephews. The family received friends Friday at the funeral home and at other times will be at the home on 489 Bill Lohr Road. Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Association of the Piedmont Triad/N.C. Chapter, 1315 Ashleybrook Lane, Winston-Salem, NC 27103 or Davidson County Cancer Services, 25 W. Sixth Ave., Lexington, NC 27292.
The Dispatch, Thomasville, North Carolina, October 22, 2007